68 Pages

68 Pages is a 2007 Indian film about an HIVAIDS counselor and five of her counselees who are from marginalized communities. The film is directed by Sridhar Rangayan and produced by Humsafar Trust in association with Solaris Pictures. It had its world premiere at the International Film Festival of Kerala and then has screened at several international film festivals. It won the Silver Remi award at WorldFest Houston International Film Festival 2008, USA. The film was also screened in the Pink Ribbon Express, a National AIDS Control Organisation initiative.

A transsexual bar dancer, a sex worker, a gay couple characters often ignored by Bollywood take center stage to tell their stories of pain and trauma, of happiness and hope. Coming from a country like India that is still in denial, 68 Pages exposes the shallowness of society to reveal how it stigmatizes and shuns those who have HIV or even those who just want to be what they are. This film deals with the issues of stigma and discrimination faced by people affected by HIVAIDS from marginalized groups.The film was produced with support from Department for International Development DFID, UK. It was made as an advocacy effort to support the National AIDS Control Organisation NACO in National AIDS Control Programme, Phase III. In Phase III it was decided that the female sex workers, intravenous drug users, homosexuals and transgender will be considered core groups and HIV projects will start up at a rapid scale in the next five years with these groups. ........

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